MANOS & THE MUMMY on Monster Kid Radio #297

Derek M. Koch called me up the other day to talk about the trailer to The Mummy— the new one, starring Tom Cruise. A lot of people have been talking about it, as it purports to kick off a new Universal Monsters series of shared-world films. Derek and I had a good time speculating about that film, its stars, and whether Universal might be able to carry off the kind of “trick” that Marvel has achieved with its interwoven film line.

Purely by coincidence, for that same show, Derek had interviewed our mutual friend Jackey Neyman Jones— “Debbie” from Manos: The Hands of Fate. Before we talked about The Mummy, Derek and I began chatting about our love for that famously bad film, and how to enjoy it without irony and snark.

Stephen D. Sullivan is an award-winning author, artist, and editor. Since 1980, he has worked on a wide variety of properties, including well-known licenses and original work. Some of his best know projects include Dungeons & Dragons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dragonlance, Iron Man, Legend of the Five Rings, Speed Racer, the Tolkien RPG, Disney Afternoons, Star Wars, The Twilight Empire (Robinson's War), Uncanny Radio, Martian Knights, Tournament of Death, and The Blue Kingdoms (with his friend Jean Rabe).

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